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Self Employment and Enterpreneurship

More and more students are now choosing to set up their own business after leaving university. Becoming an entrepreneur can be a highly rewarding experience and there are now more platforms than ever to help support your ambitions.

Below is information on some of the organisations that can help to get you started:

1. DARe (Darussalam Enterprise)

A statutory body with the aim to nurture and support local enterprises from start-up to growth. DARe works closely with ministries, government and non-government agencies locally and abroad to help foster growth of business enterprises and thus increase GDP contribution. Through DARe a common, unified approach will be taken to direct, support and encourage growth of local enterprises under a single body represented and driven by the private sector.

DARE can help get your business started and offers programs based on your level of experience, which determines the level of assistance you need.

i. DARE, Industry Business Academy (IBA) Level 1

ii. Industry Business Academy (IBA) Level 2

iii. Industry Business Academy (IBA) Level 3

All enterprises under DARe will be channeled into a funnel which will initially start with “High Volume” type of activities and schemes. By the end of the funnel, DARe will have more specialised and focused schemes tailored to take local enterprises globally and thus will bring significant contribution to the GDP of Brunei.

For more information you can reach DARe at:

Website: www.dare.gov.bn

Phone: +673 8363442

E-Mail: dare@ei.gov.bn

2. Young Entrepreneurs Association Brunei (YEAB)

Young Entrepreneurs Association Brunei (YEAB) provides members with an opportunity to learn from each other's experience and take advantage of peer mentorship as they grow their businesses.

Their activities include community growth, networking, forums and discussions, collaboration, business development and youth empowerment.

Website: www.yeabrunei.com

Phone: +673 8228828

E-Mail: dare@ei.gov.bn

3. Entrepreneurship Village

Established in April 2014 by the Ministry of Education, Entrepreneurship Village (EV) is spearheaded by UBD to facilitate its workshops, trainings and forum on entrepreneurship, innovation and sustainability.

Students are offered the opportunity to enrol in an entrepreneurship program involving curricular development, courses and workshops designed to help explore skills and ideas.

EV focuses on developing individuals with the right entrepreneurial mindsets to allow them to become more self-reliant and self-sustainable, thereby creating a society of entrepreneurial thinkers.

You can contact EV at:

Email: adna.rahman@ubd.edu.bn

Phone: +673 7182829

4. iCentre

The iCentre was established to develop entrepreneurship, technology and innovation based startups through an incubator program. Over the years, the iCentre along with strategic industry partners have created a technological and innovation ecosystem that supports the development of startup companies geared towards nation building.

Please contact iCentre through the details below:

Email : icentre@icentre.biz / startup@icentre.biz

website : www.icentre.biz

Phone : +673 2382616

5. CRAFT

CRAFT's main objective is to produce the right environment to promote the development of multimedia in Brunei through the provision of shared infrastructure and effective programs, such as physical labs, workstations and rendering facilities. Multimedia developers can use the facilities, workshops and mentorship programmes provided to help connect with key industry players.

For more information or further enquiries about the CRAFT program, please contact the Brunei Economic Development Board at

Phone: +673 2230111

Email: craft@bedb.com.bn

Website: www.bedb.com.bn

6. SME Brunei

The goal of SME Brunei is to assist aspiring entrepreneurs to start or run a successful business. To achieve this goal, their website contains the following information:

Writing a business plan

Starting a business and legal matters.

Business management in the aspects of operations, financial and marketing.

In 2008, the Brunei Economic Development Board (BEDB) established the Youth Entrepreneurship Development Program (YEDP) under YDR. The program aims to encourage local youth to kick start and/or to grow their own small businesses. The program’s three main forms of assistance are motivational seminars, mentoring and training, and business micro grants for purchases of equipment and machinery for the intended business. To date, YDR’s micro-grant scheme has helped 116 micro businesses in a variety of industries, including food and beverages, tailoring, weaving, beauty salons, and fish mongering.

Please get in touch with BEDB for more information:

Email: investment.promotion@bedb.com.bn

Phone: +673 2230111

9. Local Business Development Initiative

BEDB’s Enterprise 100 Transformation Programme assists promising enterprises in achieving continuous and sustainable growth and thereby contributes to the nation’s economic growth. This is in keeping with the objectives of His Majesty’s Government, as outlined in Wawasan Brunei Darussalam 2035, to increase non-oil and gas GDP and local employment. To promote rapid, transformative outcomes, participating companies will be able to use the assistance schemes administered by BEDB in the Transformation Programme such as the Enterprise Technical Assistance Scheme (ETAS), facilitation services on government-related matters, investment fund facilitation, SME training programs, and networking platforms.